Espanyol denied at the death

Alvaro Negredo returned from injury to head a stoppage-time equaliser as 10-man Sevilla denied Espanyol a much-needed Primera Division win in a 2-2 draw.

The 27-year-old came off bench in the 65th minute, having missed the previous three games with a hamstring problem, and converted a Coke cross. Espanyol had led twice through Joan Verdu's early penalty and Simao's header after an hour and were a man up from the 39th minute following the dismissal of Jose Antonio Reyes.

But Ivan Rakitic's penalty midway through the first half made it 1-1 at the break, and it was Negredo's last-gasp leveller which really hurt the hosts, denying them the chance to move out of the bottom three.